# git rev-parse -q --verify 7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf^{commit} 7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf already have revision, skipping fetch # git checkout -q -f -B kisskb 7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf # git clean -qxdf # < git log -1 # commit 7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf # Author: David Herrmann # Date: Tue Jan 8 13:58:52 2019 +0100 # # fork: record start_time late # # This changes the fork(2) syscall to record the process start_time after # initializing the basic task structure but still before making the new # process visible to user-space. # # Technically, we could record the start_time anytime during fork(2). But # this might lead to scenarios where a start_time is recorded long before # a process becomes visible to user-space. For instance, with # userfaultfd(2) and TLS, user-space can delay the execution of fork(2) # for an indefinite amount of time (and will, if this causes network # access, or similar). # # By recording the start_time late, it much closer reflects the point in # time where the process becomes live and can be observed by other # processes. # # Lastly, this makes it much harder for user-space to predict and control # the start_time they get assigned. Previously, user-space could fork a # process and stall it in copy_thread_tls() before its pid is allocated, # but after its start_time is recorded. This can be misused to later-on # cycle through PIDs and resume the stalled fork(2) yielding a process # that has the same pid and start_time as a process that existed before. # This can be used to circumvent security systems that identify processes # by their pid+start_time combination. # # Even though user-space was always aware that start_time recording is # flaky (but several projects are known to still rely on start_time-based # identification), changing the start_time to be recorded late will help # mitigate existing attacks and make it much harder for user-space to # control the start_time a process gets assigned. # # Reported-by: Jann Horn # Signed-off-by: Tom Gundersen # Signed-off-by: David Herrmann # Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds # < /opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux-gcc --version # < /opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux-ld --version # < git log --format=%s --max-count=1 7b55851367136b1efd84d98fea81ba57a98304cf # < make -s -j 8 ARCH=powerpc O=/kisskb/build/linus_pmac32_defconfig_powerpc-gcc4.6 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux- pmac32_defconfig # make -s -j 8 ARCH=powerpc O=/kisskb/build/linus_pmac32_defconfig_powerpc-gcc4.6 CROSS_COMPILE=/opt/cross/kisskb/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux- /kisskb/src/kernel/printk/printk.c: In function 'devkmsg_sysctl_set_loglvl': /kisskb/src/kernel/printk/printk.c:186:16: warning: 'old' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c: In function 'create_dyn_event': /kisskb/src/kernel/trace/trace_dynevent.c:89:5: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c: In function 'regmap_raw_read': /kisskb/src/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c:2594:6: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c: In function '_regmap_raw_write': /kisskb/src/drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c:1855:6: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/sound/ppc/awacs.c: In function 'snd_pmac_awacs_init': /kisskb/src/include/sound/control.h:223:2: warning: 'speaker_vol' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/sound/ppc/awacs.c:886:36: note: 'speaker_vol' was declared here /kisskb/src/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c: In function 'nfsd4_encode_components_esc': /kisskb/src/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c:2076:9: warning: 'str' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/fs/proc/inode.c: In function 'proc_reg_open': /kisskb/src/include/linux/list.h:65:12: warning: 'pdeo' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/fs/proc/inode.c:339:21: note: 'pdeo' was declared here /kisskb/src/fs/udf/unicode.c: In function 'udf_name_conv_char': /kisskb/src/fs/udf/unicode.c:132:8: warning: 'c' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/net/mac80211/mlme.c: In function 'ieee80211_rx_mgmt_beacon': /kisskb/src/net/mac80211/mlme.c:1522:3: warning: 'pwr_level_cisco' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/net/mac80211/mlme.c:1479:6: note: 'pwr_level_cisco' was declared here /kisskb/src/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c: In function 'i2c_generic_scl_recovery': /kisskb/src/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:235:5: warning: 'ret' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/net/tun.c: In function 'tun_get_user': /kisskb/src/drivers/net/tun.c:1843:30: warning: 'copylen' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/net/tun.c:1753:46: warning: 'linear' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c: In function 'b43_nphy_rf_ctl_override_rev7': /kisskb/src/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/b43/phy_n.c:203:21: warning: 'val_addr' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c: In function 'univ8250_release_irq': /kisskb/src/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:247:18: warning: 'i' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wuninitialized] /kisskb/src/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c:227:19: note: 'i' was declared here INFO: Uncompressed kernel (size 0x8e20a8) overlaps the address of the wrapper(0x400000) INFO: Fixing the link_address of wrapper to (0x900000) Completed OK # rm -rf /kisskb/build/linus_pmac32_defconfig_powerpc-gcc4.6 # Build took: 0:01:54.641706